Smoking Cessation

The Dwight E. Harken papers, 1911-1993 (inclusive), 1940-1975 (bulk), are the product of Harken’s activities as a surgeon, researcher, administrator, lecturer, consultant, and contributing member of national organizations, as conducted throughout his professional appointments, including Clinical Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Chief of Thoracic Surgery at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston.

The Theodore L. Badger papers, 1934-1981, document the later years of Badger's career as a pulmonologist at New England Deaconess Hospital, 1973-1979. Correspondence, writings, and photographs document Badger's research activities on tuberculosis, administrative duties at New England Deaconess Hospital, and his advocacy for smoke-free public areas.